Picking a star for the St. Rose girls’ basketball team after its 53-38 win over Immaculate Heart Academy in the NJSIAA Non-Public A championship game could be a tough task when six players scored between five and 11 points.

Fred Falchi looked over at the Ranney bench and knew the Panthers had two of the most sought-after juniors in the country in Scottie Lewis and Bryan Antoine. It would take a perfect effort by his Trenton Catholic Academy boys basketball team to stop them.

When it was all over and the Trenton Catholic Academy girls’ basketball team had suffered a 58-54 overtime loss to Rutgers Prep in the NJSIAA South Jersey Non-Public B championship game, coach Bob Fusik felt as much pride in his team as he felt after it won the Mercer County Tournament two weeks earlier.

Rarely has something as miserable as a sprained ankle led to something so good.

As a freshman at Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, Hayley Horvath competed as an individual gymnast in the NJSIAA Central Jersey sectional meet and took first on beam while qualifying for the state meet in All-Around. But that summer, while doing a Level 9 club meet, Horvath sprained her ankle and missed a month.

“Honestly, we kind of forgot what got us here,” said the senior guard after her top-seeded St. John Vianney girls’ basketball team dropped a 70-52 decision to second-seeded Manasquan in the Shore Conference Tournament championship game Feb. 24.

Mater Dei Prep boys’ basketball coach Ben Gamble has taken teams to the Shore Conference Tournament championship game all three seasons he has been at the helm. The Seraphs won the first two – which were also the first two in school history – but came up short by a wide margin in No. 3.

Like any basketball coach, Fred Falchi wants to win. But to hear Falchi talk after his Trenton Catholic Academy boys’ basketball team dropped a 60-59 decision to Nottingham in the Mercer County Tournament championship game, he is more concerned with his players laying a foundation for the future.More ...Friday, March 2, 2018

It was Championship Sunday at the Trenton CYO Center Feb. 18, and it turned out to be a day for St. Gregory the Great of Hamilton Township and St. Paul School of Princeton to celebrate, Our Lady of Sorrows of Hamilton to celebrate a little more and Trenton Catholic Academy of Hamilton to celebrate a lot.More ...Friday, February 23, 2018

The St. John Vianney varsity cheerleading team is a national champion once again because it had talent, toughness, character and, perhaps most importantly, faith.

“When it comes to cheering, faith is one of the factors that brings our team closer together,” said captain Eryn Cooper, the team’s lone four-year performer. “Praying before every practice and every competition performance, our faith is one thing that we all have in common, no matter how different we all are.”